Strategy and Action plan for Bengaluru – Building resilience to urban floods

Authors: Priyanka Jamwal, Hymavathi P, Aishwarya Nair, Samhitha D Co-author for Chapter 1: Vardhini Suresh Project coordinator: Vardhini Suresh Bengaluru city is located at 12°58′N latitude and 77°35′E longitude, almost equidistant from both eastern and western coast of the South Indian peninsula, and is situated at an altitude of 920 metres above mean sea level. […]

Co-operative procurement and marketing of tendu leaves in Madhya Pradesh: Image and reality

Sharachchandra Lele, Venkat Ramanujam, Jeetesh Rai Environment and Development | January 2015 The collection and sale of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) forms a significant part of the livelihoods of forest-fringe communities in India, with an estimated 10-27 crore people involved in it. The leaf of tendu (Diospyros melanoxylon), which is used to roll beedis (Indian […]